history

April 3, 2025

Disabled Miners 1970s Strikes Strategies

The 1970s miner strikes brought together union and non-union miners in a series of wildcat strikes. Several strategies were utilized to great success. Continue reading

activism, History, Labor

1977/78 mining strikes, American Labor, Cross-movement organizing, Cross-movement solidarity, Disabled Miners, history, Labor movement, Militancy, organizing, politics, solidarity, State Retaliation, Strike strategy, strikes, Union, Wildcat Strikes
February 19, 2025

A History Lesson Part 2: Crawl if we have to

In Part One, I discussed the oppression disabled people faced in America. I then shared specifically two activist actions to show how disabled people and other groups worked in solidarity to win the day. Now let us visit yet another crucial moment in American history: The Capitol Crawl and Fight for ADA. Continue reading

activism, disability, Feminism, History, Race, transgender

activism, Capitol Crawl, demonstrations, disability justice, disabled, disabled history, history, justice, protests, solidarity
January 12, 2019

Re-imagining a Better Future

Re-imagining a Better Future In order to re-imagine a better future, we first have to dismantle myths that end discussions about solutions before we can even begin them. Dismantling myths https://twitter.com/diannaeanderson/status/1081357243344244736 I read that thread in full. It lists what the tax laws were from 1940s through 1980s, and the impact that had on America, Continue reading

Feminism, History, Race, transgender, Writing

capitalism, climate change, economic justice, future, history, income inequality, justice, social justice, socialism, taxes, universal basic income, universal healthcare, work ethic
December 17, 2018

Review: Beyond Black and White by Manning Marable

Review: Beyond Black and White: From Civil Rights to Barack Obama This book is a comprehensive history and critical analysis of the events from the Civil Rights era of the 1960s all the way through the election of President Obama. Manning Marable backs up each essay with scores of intensive statistics and data to further Continue reading

History, Race, Reviews, Writing

book reviews, civil rights, equality, history, intersectional, justice, Race, racism, social justice, transformationist
June 28, 2012

Technology in Ancient Times

Often when people consider ancient civilizations, they picture societies with little to no technology, but recent studies and archeological discoveries show that this is far from the truth. One of the most famous ancient devices was recently discovered by the island of Antikythera by Greece. Known as the Antikythera device, it is a fascinating glimpse Continue reading

History, Physics, World Building, Writing

ancient civilizations, history, technology, world-building

history

Disabled Miners 1970s Strikes Strategies

A History Lesson Part 2: Crawl if we have to

Re-imagining a Better Future

Review: Beyond Black and White by Manning Marable

Technology in Ancient Times